统治 meaning in English

tǒngzhì

to rule (a country); to govern

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 統治17 strokes

Meaning of 统治

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tǒngzhì
  1. to rule (a country)
  2. to govern
  3. rule
  4. regime

统治 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

统tǒng治zhì一yí个gè国guó家jiā不bú是shì一yī件jiàn简jiǎn单dān的de工gōng作zuò。
To rule a country is no easy task.
统tǒng治zhì一yí个gè国guó家jiā并bìng不bù简jiǎn单dān。
To govern a country is no easy job.
国guó王wáng统tǒng治zhì了le这zhè个ge国guó家jiā。
The king governed the country.
这zhè位wèi领lǐng导dǎo人rén统tǒng治zhì了le他tā的de国guó家jiā五wǔ十shí年nián。
The leader governed his country for more than 50 years.
有yǒu些xiē人rén说shuō日rì本běn是shì个gè男nán性xìng统tǒng治zhì的de社shè会huì。
Some people say Japan is a male-dominated society.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

统 tǒng · to govern · 9 strokes

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治 zhì · to rule · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 统治.

总统zǒngtǒngpresident (of a country)
系统xìtǒngsystem
治疗zhìliáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment
政治zhèngzhìpolitics; political
传统chuántǒngtradition; traditional
统一tǒngyīto unify; to integrate; unified; integrated
统计tǒngjìstatistics; to count
治安zhì'ānlaw and order; public security
治理zhìlǐto govern; to administer
防治fángzhìto prevent and cure; prevention and cure
三明治sānmíngzhì(loanword) sandwich
治病zhì bìngto treat an illness

Questions about 统治

What does 统治 mean?

统治 (tǒngzhì) means "to rule (a country); to govern" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 统治?

统治 is made of 2 characters: 统 (9 strokes), 治 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 统治 an HSK word?

Yes. 统治 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 统治 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 统治 is written 統治.